WO1996024139A3 - Trapping and storage of free thermal neutrons in fullerene molecules - Google Patents

Trapping and storage of free thermal neutrons in fullerene molecules Download PDF

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WO1996024139A3
WO1996024139A3 PCT/US1996/000876 US9600876W WO9624139A3 WO 1996024139 A3 WO1996024139 A3 WO 1996024139A3 US 9600876 W US9600876 W US 9600876W WO 9624139 A3 WO9624139 A3 WO 9624139A3
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Daniel R Schaefer
James M Snead
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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Abstract

A fullerene molecule having one or more free thermal neutrons trapped within the fullerene molecule and a method for trapping and storing neutrons within a fullerene molecule are described.
PCT/US1996/000876 1995-01-23 1996-01-22 Trapping and storage of free thermal neutrons in fullerene molecules WO1996024139A2 (en)

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US5350569A (en) * 1993-03-30 1994-09-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Storage of nuclear materials by encapsulation in fullerenes

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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 229, 21 October 1994, (New Haven, CT), JIMENEZ-VAZQUEZ et al., "Hot Atoms Incorporation of Tritium Atoms Into Fullerenes", pages 111-114. *
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